Cigar-cutter



(ModeL) F. G. MILLER.

CIGAR CUTTER.

.N 291.379. PatentedJan,1,1884., v

and described the spring will wear for avery rotated when the cutter-arm is depressed. Fig. 3 is an inside view of the shear-plate;

. 2 when the cutter-arm is depressed.

bine the spring with a serrated. boss and a ratchet-attaching device that the operator can Unirnn STATES FREDRIGK G. MILLER, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY.

CIGAR-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,579, dated January 1, 1884;,

Application filed May 1, 1883. (Modem To whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDRIOK (l. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newport, in the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky,have inventedcertainncw and useful Improvements in Cigar-Gutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improve ments in cigar-cutters of the class shown in Letters Patent No. 234,797, granted me January 12, 1880.

I The object of this invention, first, is to combine the spring with the cutter-arm shaft in such a manner that the movement of thecutter-arm will expand the coils of the spring, thereby equally distributing the strain throughout the entire length of the spring. This is avery important improvement over the form of spring shown in said former patent.

I have found by experience that springs employed as shown in said patent are very liable to break, whereas when usedas herein shown long time. I have used springs in this manner making over four millions of strokes with the. knife without any perceptible weakening and with no breaking of the springs.

Another object of my invention is to so coinreadily adjust the tension of the spring in its position on the shaft.

Other features of my invention will be fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings.

Figure l is a perspective view of a cigarcutter constructed in accordance with my invention, .the circular cutter in this instance being held against rotation when the cutterarm is depressed. Fig. 2 is afront end elevation, the circular cutter in this instance being Fig. 4, a plan view of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the cutter-arm, the sleeve, and the shaft, the cutter being rotated as in Fig. Fig. 6 is aplan view of one spring'holder. Fig. 7 is a section on line as m, Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a bottom plan view of the spring-plate S and a portion of the grooved plate detached. Fig. 9 shows a modified form of j ournaling the knife-arm shaft and attaching the spring thereto.

A represents the frame of cutter; a, legs for supporting the same; B, a stationary shearplate rigidly attached to frame Aby screws b.

the terminal end of the spring abutting against the stop cl at the inner end of spiral. groove 0, so as to hold the coil in position.

, F represents a cutter-arm fulcrumed upon a studshaft, G, whichshaft journals in sleeve 0. The circular cutter H is mounted on the arm F, and is provided with a series of radial slots,

6. As shown in Fig. 1, the cutter is held stationary with relation to the cutter-arm by means of a pin, (2, on the said arm entering one of the slots, so that the cutter is held against rotation when the cutter-arm is depressed; but, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6, the cutter is caused to turn when the cutter-arm is depressed by means of the pin a being fixed to the shear-plate B and entering one of the slots 0 in the cutter. By providing the cutter with a series of slots, the same can be turned after removing the pin c, after which the pin is again inserted, thus presenting anew cutting edge. The manner of mounting or operating the cutter, however, forms no part of the invention claimed.

It represents a groove in cutting-plate B, in which a pin on the cutter-arm F moves, the rear end of said groove forming a stop for said pin and limiting the upward movement of arm F.

I represents a collar keyed or pinned to shaft G, having serrations i on its inner face, as shown in Fig. 1.

J represents a serrated boss or spring-hold er jonrnaled on shaft G, the serrations of which engage with those of collar I.

G represents a spiral groove formed on the inner face of boss J, of suitable size and form to receive the inner end of coil spring E, the end of the spring resting against stop (1 or the terminal point of groove 0.

K represents a space between the boss J and sleeve 0. Spring E ishcld in position by the recessed spiral groove 0. The spring as it is placed in position is compressed by collar I and boss J sufficiently to draw the parts I J and shaft G inwardly and hold the cutter H on arm F in contact against the stationary shear-plate B. The'thrnst of the end of coiled spring E against the lug or stop (1 revolves stud-shaft G backward and throws lever-arm F upward. The space K between the parts 0 and J should be sufficient to allow the shaft G and parts I and J to move outward a sufficient distance to disengage pin f from groove h and to allow the cutter H to be moved off of the stud c to remove or adjust the cutter H.

Another mode of j ournaling the cutter-arm shaft is shown in Fig. 9. Instead of sleeve 0, a journal, 0, is provided at the inner end of shaft Gin shear-plate B, concentrically within boss D.

h represents a collar pivoted to said shaft G, and it is provided with a springholding spiral groove similar to groove (2 in part J. The shear-plate B is formed or provided with a semicircular cutting-edge to form the shear M, and to the shear-plate is secured or attached a plate, L, 011 which rests the end of the cigar to be cut, the cutter moving down between. the shear-plate B and the plate L.

R represents a screw, which passes through an oblong slot, R, cutinto the base T. S represents a spring-plate, which rests upon the base T of the grooved plate 0, and is secured in position by screw It passing through the steel plate S, thereby allowing the gage N to be held in position under spring pressure, which also allows it to gage the length of the cigars which are cut by the shear-plate H.

1? represents a stop on arm F, which strikes the shear-plate B to limit the downward movement of arm F.

1'. In a cigar-cutter, the stationary shearplate B and cutter-arm F, mounted on ashaft journaled in the shear-plate, in combination with a retractile spring coiled around said shaft, and one end of which rests loosely in a boss, J, attached to the shaft, and having a'lug, d, against which the end of the coil of the spring presses, and a similar'boss and lag on the shear-plate for supporting the other end of the spring, substantially as described.

2. A cigar-cutter consisting of .the shearplate B, thecutterarm F, the shaftG, and a coiled spring, E, secured at each end by spiral sockets, against which the ends of the spring thrust, one socket being attached to the shaft and the other to the shear-plate, for eXpanding the spring by the downward movement of the cutter-arms, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the sh ear-plate B, the cutter-arm F, carrying a cutter, and having an attached arm, G, provided at its end with a serrated collar, the sleeve 0, arranged on the shaft of the cutter-arm and provided with a serrated socket, and the spring E, coiled on the sleeve, and having one end supported by the shear-plate and its other end by the serrated socket, substantially as described.

4. In combination with the cutter arm F, shaft G, journaled in a sleeve, 0, and coiled spring E, adjustably secured. to shaft G by means of stationary serrated collar I and selfrated adjustable socket J, whereby the tension of the spring is regulated, substantially as herein set forth.

5. In combination with the adjustable gage N and grooved base T, having a slot, the spring S and screw P, for holding said gage adjust ably in position, substantially as herein setv forth.

6. The shear-plate B, having the rigidly-ah tached sleeve 0, provided with a serrated socket, in combination with the cutter-arm F, having the attached shaft G, arranged in said sleeve and provided with a serrated. collar, and the spring E, coiled on the sleeve, and having one end resting in a groove in the shear-plate and its other end secured to the serrated collar, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with the cutter-arm F, shaft G, and sleeve 0, within which the cuttershaft G is journaled, of shear-plate B, and the spring E, coiled around sleeve 0, and secured to shaft G in such a manner that the down ward movement of arm F expands the spring, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

1 EDRIGK c. MILLER.

\Vitnesses:

J NO. E. Jonas, A. GLUoHowsKY. 

